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1979 : an Allie Burns novel /

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2021Copyright date: �2021Edition: First Grove Atlantic hardcover editionDescription: 418 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780802159021
  • 0802159028
Other title:
  • Nineteen seventy-nine
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 823/.914 23
LOC classification:
  • PR6063.C37 A616 2021
Summary: "Val McDermid's award-winning, internationally bestselling novels have captivated readers for over three decades. In her new novel 1979, she returns to the past with the story of an investigative journalist whose work leads her into a world of corruption, terror, and murder. It's only January, and the year has already brought blizzards, strikes, power cuts, and political unrest. But for journalist Allie Burns, bad news provides an opportunity to escape the "women's stories" to which her editors confine her. Striking up an alliance with wannabe investigative journalist Danny Sullivan, she begins covering international tax fraud, then gets wind of a group of Scottish ultranationalists aiming to cause mayhem ahead of the devolution referendum. Their stories quickly get attention, and create enemies for the two young up-and-comers. Are they enough to provoke the ultimate revenge?"--
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
F F Chamberlin Free Public Library Fiction F MCD (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34480000585772

"First published in Great Britain in 2021 by Little, Brown. an imprint of Hachette UK"--Title page verso.

"Val McDermid's award-winning, internationally bestselling novels have captivated readers for over three decades. In her new novel 1979, she returns to the past with the story of an investigative journalist whose work leads her into a world of corruption, terror, and murder. It's only January, and the year has already brought blizzards, strikes, power cuts, and political unrest. But for journalist Allie Burns, bad news provides an opportunity to escape the "women's stories" to which her editors confine her. Striking up an alliance with wannabe investigative journalist Danny Sullivan, she begins covering international tax fraud, then gets wind of a group of Scottish ultranationalists aiming to cause mayhem ahead of the devolution referendum. Their stories quickly get attention, and create enemies for the two young up-and-comers. Are they enough to provoke the ultimate revenge?"--

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